KIVA
Last updated ISSN 0023-1940
KIVA is published by Taylor & Francis in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in KIVA concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Latin American history and culture
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0023-1940, 2051-6177 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,691 |
| Publishing since | 1935 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/ykiv20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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